Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-08
KINGS AND QUEENS.

Queen Victoria has presented Nine. Albini
with the jubilee commemoration medal, in
diamonds and sapphires.
The Emperor William has sent 10000
marks to be distributed among the necessi-
tous people in the cholera stricken district of
Messina.
The King Of Corea furnished his winter
palace with $4,000 worth of American chairs,
beds and tables He also bought an Ameri-
can steamer for s2S,OOO.
1t is stated by Berlin correspondents that
the car will return to st. Petersburg via
Berlin. where he will have private inter-
view with the Emperor William.
The princess of Wales is very fond of
horseback riding. She is said to ride on
whichever side of the horse that happens to
suit her, and to find great comfort in the
change Of positions.
Prince Holenlohe will allow one Of his sons
to become Russian subject in order that he
may inherit the Wittgenstein estates The
prince has refused all offers of Russian no.
bles to purchase the property.
The Princesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud
of Wales, Grand Duchesses Xcnie and Olga,
the czarowitz, the Grand Dukes Michael and
George of Russia, and Prince Hans of Den
mark, make up the royal party of young
people enjoying the measles in Copenhagen.
The Nantes museum, which is one of the
richest departmental museums in France,
has just acquired small Casket of no little
historical interest-namely: that in which
the heart of Anne, of Brittany, queen of
Franco and Navarro, was placed at her
death
Queen Victoria, according to recent
chronicler, sits down to breakfast table
laden with Scotch porridge, cold rump steak
pie, hot rump steak, cold rump steak, cold
CANNON of bacon, boiled eggs, Scotch scones,
brown bread, butter, honey, toa coffee and
a kind Of cocoa specially prepared for her
majesty.
The queen of Sweden seems to be an un-
commonly sensible woman. She delights in
nothing so much as the open air, her books
and the palette. And, by the way, it is whis-
pered that she can use the brush with very
considerable skill and that it is not always
necessary to praise her picture because they
are painted by royal parsonage, for they
have decided merit of their own.
The Prince of Wales study at Sandring-
ham is the smallest room of his suite, and is
lighted by but one large window. There are
no draperies or decorations in the room. The
principal piece Of furniture is solid oak
desk, with every convenience for writing
upon it. Under the desk is waste basket in
the shape of a high hat, which is said to have
been designed by the prince. There are no
| books in the room, though there are plenty of
shelves, but they are filled with pipes and all
| the usual articles of the smokers outfit.
A Berlin newspaper announces that there
| are now eight bachelor heirs to thrones in the
| German empire, and eight spinster princesses
| of fifteen and upwards. The first list in
| cludes Prince William of Nassau, Prince
! Rupprecht of Bavaria, Prince Frederick OF
| Anhalt-Dessau Prince Ernest Of Hesse-
| Darmstadt, Prince Frederick of Saxony and
| Prince Frederick of Waldeck- -Pyrmont. The
second list is headed by the three younger
| daughters of the German crown prince, next
to whom come five princesses Of the roya
family of Bavaria